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There is no eyepiece for your scope that will let you see all of
M31.
It
is WAY too large. Don't blame your eyepiece, or the scope. M31
is
HUGE!
It will fill the field of a pair of BINOCULARS!

Right now, you need just to use the eyepieces you have on the
objects
you
want to see, and determine where the shortcomings are. THEN you
can
decide what eyepieces you need next. But one eyepiece you aren't
going to
find, is one that will show you all of M31 in your scope... But a
32mm
Plossl will still be pretty awesome...
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Then what was I seeing, M33 (Pinwheel Gal.)?? If M31 is so big how
come
I can't find it with 10" dob?
-Tom


You can FIND it easily enough, and it will be plenty bright enough,
but it
is WAY too large to fit into one eyepiece field. Even with a 32mm
Plossl...

This is confusing. This is my punishment for not getting a go-to scope.
I found a distant galaxy, but heck if I know what it is. Pinwheel Gal.
perhaps. Neat discovery.
-Tom


You should easily be able to see M31. Just don't expect it to look like
it's photos. It is WAY too large to fit in one eyepiece field, as I have
already said...

But the central core should be easy to see, and you can move the scope
back and forth to pick up the rest. Just not all at once...

You DON'T need GOTO... If your scope had GOTO, M31 would look precisely
the same...

Maybe you should try for a globular cluster or two... Maybe M13 would be
a good place to start... Should be a stunner in your scope. And if you
are far enough south, like I am here in Arizona, you might want to try
M22... Either of those should be real eye openers... Or what about the
Double Cluster in Perseus??? A personal favorite...

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